James Anderson won the first round of his much-anticipated battle with Virat Kohli as the star England pacer managed to dismiss the India captain for a golden duck on day two of the first Test in Nottingham.
Notably, this is the first time since 2014 that James Anderson has managed to get the prized scalp of Virat Kohli in Test cricket. The Anderson vs Kohli rivalry has begun in 2021 and the English pacer has taken the first round. It will be interesting to see how the India captain reacts in the next few innings on the English tour.
When India toured England in 2014, Anderson was Kohli’s nemesis with the right-arm pacer dismissing the India skipper on four occasions. Kohli could score just 134 runs in his 10 innings. But Kohli came back to England an altogether different batsman in 2018 as he finished the Test series as the top run-scorer with an impressive 593-run tally with two centuries and three fifties to his name.
Earlier, India had dominated the second day’s morning session with the opening stand inching towards the century mark when Ollie Robinson bounced out Rohit for 36, earning a breakthrough for the hosts
